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Stem to stern, now top to bottom review of Mass Pike, plus scrubbing of decks - COMMENTARY


No matter what their political affiliation a nautical metaphor is always good for a positive headline in Boston papers when it comes to the Massachusetts Turnpike. Last year after the ceiling fell in on the Turnpike's Big Dig tunnel under First Lord of the Massachusetts Admiralty Mitt Republican Romney it was a "stem to stern review" that was put under way.
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Sneaky bifurcation at TransCore - splitting secretly in two, well not really


TransCore the leading US toll systems supplier has been quietly dividing itself in two. Without any announcement they seem to have bifurcated. That's the talk in the industry.
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Merger mania in Massachusetts - Turnpike being studied for absorption into a super authority


Local reports are that the new Patrick administration in Massachusetts is considering a plan to merge the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority into a new super transportation authority to be called the Massachusetts Transportation Authority (MTA). The new MTA - Mass Turnpike Authority is also MTA! - would include:

- the tax funded Mass Highway Department and certain roads and bridges now operated by a department of conservation
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NJ Gov Corzine defers Turnpike reorganization to after Nov elections


New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has deferred the detailing of proposals for reorganization of the New Jersey Turnpike until after the November elections, according to the Star-Ledger newspaper. 221 words  read more »

Corzine wants a New Jersey turnpike with bottomline mentality but state owned


New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has reassured US House transportation chair James Oberstar he won't have any objection to what he'll propose to do with the New Jersey Turnpike. Oberstar along with coauthor congressman Pete DeFazio has been penning warnings to state governors not to do bad toll concessions or PPPs with investor groups, saying he will work to "undo" any such contracts from his perch in the US Congress.
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Mass Turnpike Authority may be abolished to bring under state control


Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says its impossible to have "a comprehensive transport strategy" with the Massachusetts Turnpike and other state transport agencies run by independent boards of directors. He is quoted in reports today: ""Right now, no governor could implement a comprehensive transportation strategy in Massachusetts. We have delegated that authority to four or five independent (agencies) and they don't even talk to each other."
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